Ethereum failed to stay above $1,600 and it even traded below $1,500 against the US Dollar. ETH price is showing bearish signs and it could continue to move down towards $1,400. Ethereum started a fresh…
The Many Facts Pointing to Cypherpunk Len Sassaman…
Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has always been a mysterious character and a great number of sleuths have made it their mission to discover the inventor’s identity. One particular theory was published this month…
TA: Bitcoin Price Back Below 100 SMA, Why…
Bitcoin price failed to stay above $50,000 and $49,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is now below the 100 hourly SMA and it is likely to continue lower towards $45,000 Bitcoin started a fresh decline…
Jim Rogers Regrets Not Buying Bitcoin but Warns…
Renowned investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, now regrets not buying bitcoin. However, he is still worried that governments can outlaw bitcoin if it becomes a viable currency.…
Bitcoin “Cheat Sheet” Calls For Next Leg Up…
Bitcoin price is taking its time consolidating around $50,000 but could be preparing for the next major leg up to around $77,000 per coin, according to what one trader calls a “cheat sheet” to the…
Mark Cuban Argues Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold,…
Billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, once a bitcoin skeptic who preferred bananas to the cryptocurrency, now sees utility in bitcoin. He has made a case that bitcoin is better than gold, telling…
Dogecoin Adoption Rises: Bitpay Lets Merchants Accept DOGE,…
Crypto merchant service provider Bitpay has added dogecoin to its list of supported cryptocurrencies. One of its merchants, the Mark Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks has become the first in the network to accept the meme coin.…
Bloomberg Chief Analyst Says Bitcoin Could “March To…
Bitcoin is currently struggling to reclaim $50,000, but one chief Bloomberg analyst says that the cryptocurrency could be ready to “march” toward $100,000 per coin in the near term. Here’s the data the senior commodity…
Thai Financial Regulator Claims Controversial Crypto Rule Proposal…
The Thai financial watchdog has reportedly retreated from its initial controversial crypto rule proposal. Citing the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a local media outlet stated that public criticism was significant regarding the matter.…
A Group of Crypto Proponents Burned an Original…
Original artwork crafted by the pseudonymous England-based street artist and political activist Banksy has been burned in order to turn the art into a non-fungible token (NFT). The screenprint was one of only 500 made…
Bitcoin Affect? Billionaire Fund Manager Sells 1.8M Tesla…
Less than a month after US carmaker Tesla revealed its $1.5bn Bitcoin holdings, one of the company’s most vocal bullish investors announced that he had sold 1.8 million of its shares for clients. Ron Baron,…
Famed NFT Artist Bosslogic to Create 2500 Exclusive…
Top-selling non-fungible token (NFT) artist Bosslogic has partnered with art collective Ethernity to deliver a 2500 piece collection of unique art. The Ethernity Chain community members can take part in an NFT auction via an…
Bitcoin on Back Foot as Focus Turns to…
Bitcoin dropped during Asia-Pacific and European trade Thursday as rising bond yields prompted concerns that central banks may begin tightening monetary policies sooner-than-expected. The benchmark cryptocurrency fell up to 3.59 percent to $48,562, extending its…
Grayscale Adds 174,000 LTC to Its Litecoin Holdings-…
According to reports, Grayscale added 174,000 tokens to its litecoin holdings in the past month. This haul pushed its total holdings of the altcoin to 1.44 million. Following this acquisition, which represents 80% of all…
A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating and Selling Non-Fungible…
In the summer of 2019, our newsdesk published a step-by-step guide on how to create a non-fungible token (NFT) asset by leveraging the Simple Ledger Protocol built on top of the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. The…
Pastel Network Announces the Listing of PSL on…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Pastel Network, the first truly decentralized and scalable blockchain project designed specifically for rare digital art, has officially announced its pending listing on Bitcoin.com Exchange, scheduled for March 5th, 2021. Pastel…
TA: Ethereum Struggles Above $1,600, Why 100 SMA…
Ethereum traded to a new monthly high at $1,655 before correcting lower against the US Dollar. ETH price is struggling to stay above $1,600, but it is likely to remain stable as long as above…
TA: Bitcoin Turns Attractive Above $50K, Why BTC…
Bitcoin price extended its rise and cleared the $50,000 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is now consolidating gains and it is likely to climb further above $52,000. Bitcoin is trading in a positive zone…
Banks Turn Away Customer Deposits due to Negative…
Banks in Germany are reportedly turning customer deposits away due to the negative interest rate imposed on them by the European Central Bank (ECB). Some banks are even offering online tools to help customers take…
Mark Cuban Slams Peter Schiff: Gold is Dead,…
Mark Cuban hasn’t always been the biggest fan of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, but he’s recently come around as other Shark Tank investors have. Surprisingly, though, Cuban has come to the defense of the…
North America’s First Bitcoin ETF Now Holds Over…
The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in North America now holds over 11,000 bitcoins. Purpose Bitcoin ETF saw strong interest at launch. An ETF researcher explained that the surge in interest was evidence of some…
Enjin launching two scaling solutions to remove gas…
Enjin, the co-creator of the ERC-1155 token standard, today announced it is launching two scaling solutions to remove gas and support fungible and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from any blockchain: JumpNet, launching on April 6th, and…
Bitcoin to Reach $100K to $288K in 2021?…
The creator of the notorious stock-to-flow model (S2F), Plan B has recently detailed that the price of bitcoin has surpassed the S2F model price by 26%. The strong momentum has a number of crypto enthusiasts…
Time To Be Careful: Why Traders Are Cautious…
Bitcoin price is back above $50,000 after a short-lived correction in the range below the key level. However, since the cryptocurrency has reclaimed the halfway point to $100K, open interest has skyrocketed. The sudden sharp…
Citigroup: Bitcoin Is at a Tipping Point, Could…
Citigroup says bitcoin is at a tipping point and the cryptocurrency could become “the currency of choice for international trade.” The firm wrote in a report that “we could be at the start of massive…
Biden’s SEC Chair Pick Gary Gensler Reveals Policies…
Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has revealed his policies on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies if confirmed as the SEC chairman. Gensler is a professor at…
BTC Branded ‘the Most Portable Asset’ as 420k…
According to the findings of a joint Arcane Research and Bistamp study, bitcoin’s unique characteristics, which include it being “the most portable asset”, are the likely contributing factors behind the increasing use of the crypto…
Bitcoin Price Outlook: Executive Sees BTC/USD At $60,000
Key Bitcoin Takeaways Bitcoin prices jumps back above $52,000 and pushes higher. The gains appear as bond sell-off cools down after a week of turbulence. Greg Waisman, the co-founder of crypto wallet service Mercuryo, suggests…
Charted: Polkadot (DOT) Steadies Above $35, Why Bulls…
Polkadot’s DOT corrected lower from $42.00, but it remained stable above $30.00 against the US Dollar. It is now rising and it seems like the bulls are eyeing a fresh increase to $40.00 and $42.00.…
ECOMI to List OMI Tokens With BitMax
press release PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io (BTMX.com), an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of OMI Tokens (OMI) under the trading pair of OMI/USDT on March…
TA: Ethereum Lacks Momentum Above $1,550, Why Dips…
Ethereum struggled to clear the $1,600 resistance and corrected lower against the US Dollar. ETH price is likely to remain stable above $1,450 and it could again climb towards $1,600. Ethereum corrected lower from $1,600…
TA: Bitcoin Holding Gains, Why BTC Could Surge…
Bitcoin price recovered above $48,000, but it failed near $50,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is now holding gains above $47,000 and it is likely to make another attempt to surpass $50,000. Bitcoin is consolidating…
An Iranian Think Tank Recommends the Use of…
A think tank affiliated with the Iranian Presidency has unveiled a study report that encourages the use of cryptocurrencies in circumventing sanctions against the country. In addition, the report also claims the government could potentially…
Bitfarms Purchases 48,000 Bitcoin Miners, Plans to Increase…
The publicly listed Canadian bitcoin mining operation Bitfarms has announced the firm is purchasing 48,000 Microbt Whatsminer mining rigs in order to expand capacity. Bitfarms highlights the acquisition of new miners will up the company’s…
Bitcoin Shakes Off Dollar Rebound But Beware Of…
Bitcoin has barely flinched in the face of the dollar’s best attempt at a rebound in over a year. The greenback is trying to stage a comeback against the top cryptocurrency, which has left the…
Securing Your Bitcoin With Parker Lewis
Christian sits down with Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital to discuss several key topics in Bitcoin. Listen To This Episode: This week for the "Bitcoin Magazine Podcast," host Christian Keroles sat down with Parker Lewis…
Tezos Ties-Up with Wolfram Blockchain Labs to Simplify…
Wolfram Blockchain Labs (WBL) and Tezos are forging a full integration of Tezos into Wolfram Language and Wolframalpha. The integration gives easy access to developers that want to interact with the Tezos blockchain and their…
xSigma DEX Launch: More Than $100M in Liquidity…
press release PRESS RELEASE. xSigma, a decentralized exchange for stablecoin swaps, has successfully launched on the Ethereum network on February 24, 2021. The integrated DEX and liquidity mining platform xSigma, which is backed by a…
Bitcoin Will Persist In Nigeria, But The Ban…
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies. You have probably heard the news about the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) imposing a ban on financial services for…
Bitcoin Hits $56,000, Whats Next?
The bitcoin price is rising. In January 2021, Bloomberg Analyst Mike McGlone predicted that the price of bitcoin would hit $50,000 at some point this year. At the time, the value of the leading crypto…
An Ethereum and Web3-Compatible Sidechain Is Coming to…
On March 2, 2021, the average fee on the Ethereum network costs around 0.0083 ETH in gas or around $12.89 per transaction. Transaction fees of this caliber have dampened Ethereum-based decentralized finance (defi) applications and…
Alt Season 2.0: Analyst Claims It’s “Showtime” For…
Ethereum has had an incredible year thus far, breaking its former all-time high on its USD pair and soaring well above it. However, on its Bitcoin trading pair, the altcoin has struggled to get anywhere…
China’s Inner Mongolia Plans to Shut Down Bitcoin…
Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China, is planning to shut down all cryptocurrency mining activities in the area by April 2021, as part of efforts to improve energy efficiency. Regulating the Electrical Consumption…
Blockchain is Finally Becoming What Was Promised
Ten years ago, Bitcoin emerged as the first cryptocurrency. It brought with it the promise to resolve some of the major challenges that come with regular fiat currencies like the US dollar (USD) and Chinese…
Janet Yellen Sounds Like She’s Scared Of Bitcoin
Source This week, CNBC published a headline that recently-appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet “Yellen sounds warning about extremely inefficient bitcoin.” Ironically, two days later CNBC published another article because the Federal Reserve's systems…
Interview: James OBeirne On Bitnomial And Bitcoin Dependencies
Listen To This Episode: For this episode of the "Bitcoin Magazine Podcast," host Christian Keroles sat down with Bitcoin developer and economist James O’Beirne. O'Beirne is a Bitcoin Core developer with very unique experiences across…
The Utter Futility Of A Bitcoin Ban
In recent days and weeks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been raising the alarm about what she perceives to be a rising “misuse” of cryptocurrencies, which she argues are used mainly “for illicit financing”…
What is the Lightning Network?
Contents Who Created the Lightning Network? What Are Sats? How Do Lightning Network Fees Work? How To Set Up A Lightning Network Node What Are Lightning Network Wallets? How Do I Set Up a Lightning…
How to Buy, Sell And Transact with Bitcoin
Contents Should I Buy Or Mine Bitcoin? How To Buy Bitcoin In The United States Other Ways To Buy Bitcoin How To Sell Bitcoin In The United States How Do I Send And Receive Bitcoin?…
What is Bitcoin Mining?
Contents “Proof of Work” “The Lottery” What Is the Mining Reward? What Is Bitcoin Mining Difficulty? What are Bitcoin Miners? Bitcoin Mining Hardware Bitcoin Mining Pools Cloud Mining How To Mine Bitcoin Bitcoin Mining Software…
How To Operate A Profitable Lightning Node
People who run Lightning Network nodes can charge fees to process transactions through their Lightning channels, thus earning small amounts of BTC. For instance, depending on network activity, a single Lightning node could route $10,000…
How To Set Up A Lightning Network Node
The easiest way to set up and run a Lightning Network node is with an out-of-the-box solution. The majority of full Bitcoin node products also run Lightning clients and they have condensed all of the…
What Are Sats?
“Sats,” which is shorthand for “satoshis” is a term used for the smallest possible denomination of BTC: 0.00000001 BTC, or 1 one-hundred-millionth of a bitcoin. The unit is named for the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin,…
How Does The Lightning Network Work?
The Lightning Network is a network of payment channels. A payment channel is perhaps best understood as a complex type of multisignature address for which two users hold a private key; the funds in the…
What is KYC?
Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines are requirements that compel financial services providers to make an effort to identify their customers. Fulfilling KYC requirements often includes gathering personal information about these customers by asking them to…
Bitcoin And Taxes
Tax season can be confusing enough with complicated rules about what types of income are taxable and which are not; what can be written off and what can’t; and which assets need to be listed…
Is Bitcoin A Good Investment?
Questions about the value of bitcoin as an investment will likely differ depending on who you ask. Those with a vision of a fully-distributed future in which the lack of a centralized overseer becomes key…
What Gives Bitcoin Value?
In the digital age, the ideal brand new currency should have at least these three characteristics: It should be free from the control of any authority so that it cannot be manipulated and printed at…
What Are Bitcoin Wallets?
Storing bitcoin in a safe location has its challenges. This is because bitcoins aren’t physically “stored” anywhere. As a purely digital entity, it is not as if they are held in bank vaults or stuffed…
What Are Bitcoin Mixers?
Bitcoin mixers are solutions (software or services) that let users mix their coins with other users, in order to preserve their privacy. While Bitcoin addresses are “pseudonymous” — meaning, they don’t, in themselves, reveal the…
How To Keep Bitcoins Safe
If you are thinking through the process of accruing bitcoins, you may be wondering where to keep them once you’ve done so. After investing time and resources into the digital asset, can you be sure…
What Are Atomic Swamps?
Atomic swaps are a peer-to-peer, trustless method of exchanging coins on different blockchains. In essence, atomic swaps allow you to exchange, for example, bitcoin with litecoin, while avoiding the need to trust an exchange or…
What is SegWit?
SegWit is short for Segregated Witness. It was perhaps the biggest Bitcoin protocol upgrade to date, which wrapped several improvements and fixes into one. Further Reading: What Is Bitcoin? What Are the Benefits of SegWit?…
What Is a Blockchain?
Bitcoin depends on a distributed ledger system known as the blockchain. The blockchain is possibly the most powerful innovation associated with Bitcoin, as countless industries from financial services to healthcare have begun contemplating how to…
Can Bitcoin Scale?
The ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin can scale sufficiently on its path to mass adoption has led many people to question if it will ever reach that point at all. The Bitcoin protocol’s…
What Is A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)?
A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is a standard for proposing changes to the Bitcoin protocol, or in some cases a source for information for the Bitcoin community. Additionally, some BIPs are proposed changes to the…
How To Get Bitcoin
Bitcoins can be obtained in numerous ways, each of which are entirely different from one another. It is important to note that bitcoins are incredibly easy to send. As a result, they take the form…
Is Bitcoin Anonymous?
Bitcoin is not entirely anonymous. In reality, it is pseudonymous because each user has a public address that theoretically could be traced back to an IP address or exchange account (and by proxy, an actual…
How Do Bitcoin Transactions Work?
Bitcoin transactions are designed to be publicly searchable, programmatically confirmed by miners and immutable once embedded on the blockchain. BTC transactions contain three pieces of essential data: the amount being transacted, an input (the addresses…
What Are Bitcoin Forks?
The word “fork” is somewhat confusing because there are different kinds of “forks” that can mean very different things. Codebase Fork A codebase fork is a copy of the code of a software implementation. A…
What Is The Bitcoin Block Size Limit?
The Bitcoin block size limit is a parameter in the Bitcoin protocol that limits the size of Bitcoin blocks, and, therefore, the number of transactions that can be confirmed on the network approximately every 10…
What Is The Halvening?
The Halvening (sometimes referred to as “the halving”) is the moment when Bitcoin’s block subsidy gets cut in half. The halving of Bitcoin’s block subsidy occurs every 210,000 blocks (roughly every 4 years) and is…
What Are Bitcoin Exchanges?
Thanks to their user-friendliness and availability, Bitcoin exchanges are the most popular method to acquire BTC. Buying BTC on an exchange is a relatively simple and user-friendly way to acquire bitcoin in any amount and…
How To Sell Bitcoin In The U.S.
If you’ve acquired some bitcoin, it’s possible you may find yourself wanting to sell. This may be due to a personal change in your financial situation, a desire to get some BTC in the hands…
What Are Bitcoin Mining Pools?
Bitcoin mining pools are decentralized groups organized and operated by third parties to coordinate hash power from miners around the world and then share any resulting bitcoin in proportion to the hashpower contributed to the…
Bitcoin Mining Hardware
Bitcoin mining hardware, also known as mining rigs, are computing devices made specifically to “guess” the correct bitcoin block hash as quickly and with as little power as possible. While the earliest Bitcoin mining was…
Is Bitcoin Mining Legal?
For the most part, yes, bitcoin mining is most likely legal in your jurisdiction. However, there are some places around the world where possession and use of bitcoin are illegal and bitcoin mining is illegal…
Is Bitcoin Mining Profitable?
Bitcoin mining is a central process to the entire network that validates transactions, secures the blockchain and uncovers new bitcoin. In brief, bitcoin mining requires miners to contribute computing power in exchange for the chance…
How To Buy Bitcoin In Europe
If you want to buy BTC in Europe, there are four primary ways you can do so: Through bitcoin exchanges like Kraken, Coinbase Pro and Bitstamp; Through decentralized (or peer-to-peer) exchanges, which offers users more…
What Is Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing is a form of computing based on quantum physics. Where classical computers rely on bits (zeros or ones) to make calculations, quantum computers use quantum bits (qubits) that leverage quantum mechanics to exist…
Unchained Capital Closes $5.5 Million Round Led By…
Today, Unchained Capital announced that it has closed a $5.5 million equity seed round led by New York Digital Investments Group (NYDIG). Also participating in the equity round were existing investors Ecliptic Capital, Starting Line,…
The Largest US Options Exchange Cboe Applies to…
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has applied to list the Vaneck Bitcoin Trust, as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) if the fund is approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing Form…
Winner Cashes Out $160,000 from Bitcoin.com Games with…
Bitcoin.com Games gave this player 160,000 reasons to be happy this spring! Lucky Player Bags Two Epic Wins Within Minutes What started as a perfectly normal month of March for this player turned out to…
Web Developer Claims Ripple Allegedly Sued Him Over…
Web developer Isaac Miller tells his story on allegedly getting sued by Ripple over a website he created selling fidget spinners. The San Francisco-based fintech firm alleges that Miller had infringed copyright and defrauded its…
Chainlink Paints Golden Cross as BlockFi Announces LINK…
A golden cross formed on the Chainlink (LINK) four-hour chart a week after its price crashed by almost 45 percent from its record high of $37.07, signaling a bullish revival for the world’s ninth-largest cryptocurrency…
Crypto Bank Expands in India — Confident Government…
Crypto bank Unicas, a joint venture between Cashaa and United Multi State Credit Cooperative Society, has expanded its operations by opening another physical branch. The bank believes that the Indian government will introduce positive crypto…
Binance Coin (BNB) Bull Run: Analyst Makes Bold…
Binance Coin should do to Ethereum what Bitcoin is doing to gold: eating a good portion of its market capitalization by acting as a better alternative. That was pretty much what Changpeng Zhao, the founder/CEO…
Spanish Court Orders the Investigation of Possible ‘Computer…
A Spanish Court has issued an order compelling a division within the country’s police to investigate the possible existence of “computer fraud” on the Bittrex cryptocurrency platform. The order was issued following the filing of…
Decentralized Storage Market Launches on Crust Network
press release PRESS RELEASE. Decentralized storage is a crucial infrastructure in the technical field. With the Filecoin mainnet launch in October of 2020, Filecoin and IPFS are now leading the decentralized storage field. One of…
Defi on Bitcoin Cash Gets a Boost- Smart…
On March 1, the startup General Protocols announced the company has raised $3 million in a Series A financing round led by a number of strategic investors. General Protocols is the firm behind the Anyhedge…
Hyperbitcoinization’s Small Minority: Economist Says Bitcoin’s Growing Success…
Last Sunday, the price of bitcoin touched an all-time price high at $58,354 per unit and surpassed a $1 trillion market capitalization. Bitcoin’s value has dipped since then, but the decentralized crypto asset’s market still…
BTC Balance Sheets: 42 Companies Hold 1.3 Million…
Since the company Microstrategy shifted a lot of its treasury reserves into bitcoin, a great number of companies have followed the firm’s lead. According to the web portal, bitcointreasuries.org, data shows that 42 companies are…
BSN and TON Labs to Provide Chinese Developer…
sponsored Thanks to TON Labs, BSN will now be able to produce real-life applications that require a scalable backend and use cases in compliance with China’s regulatory framework while still using an inherently decentralized network…
Crypto Markets Regain Billions, Bitcoin Price Bounces Back…
The price of bitcoin and a number of digital assets saw significant gains on Monday, as the entire market capitalization of the crypto economy has gained 2.4% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin’s value passed…
Goldman Sachs Brings Back Bitcoin Trading Desk as…
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has brought back its bitcoin trading desk and will start handling bitcoin futures next week. The firm is also reportedly exploring the potential for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and…
Crypto Analyst: It’s Crunch Time For Ongoing Bitcoin…
Bitcoin price has now had one of its largest pullbacks dollar for dollar in history, putting the entire parabolic uptrend in jeopardy, according to one crypto analyst who has warned the top could be near.…
Bullish Bitcoin Miners Cease Selling For The First…
Data shows that Bitcoin miners have ceased taking profit and have started to once again hoard BTC for the first time since mid-to-late December 2020. What’s notable about this, is the fact that the leading…
TA: Bitcoin Revisits $50K, Why BTC Could Still…
Bitcoin price started a strong recovery from $53,000 against the US Dollar. BTC tested $50,000 and it could face a strong selling interest near $51K and $52K. Bitcoin started a decent upward move above the…
TA: Why Ethereum Close above $1,600 Could Stage…
Ethereum started a steady increase above $1,450 and $1,500 against the US Dollar. ETH price is showing positive signs, but it must settle above $1,600 for upside continuation. Ethereum started a decent recovery above the…
Upside Potential in NFTs is Massive Says Gary…
Entrepreneur and YouTube celebrity Gary Vaynerchuk recently tweeted about NFTs, saying they will be more disruptive to the music industry than Napster was. Adding “technology always squeezes the middle,” and that he’s excited for what…